James J. LeBar
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James J. LeBar Roman Catholic priest who was the chief exorcist of the Archdiocese of New York being appointed by the late Cardinal John O'Connor.
In the 1970's he was asked to become part of the Office of Communications of the Archdiocese of New York which at the time was dealing with the rise of cults and occult activity. In 1989, he put his vast knowledge of cults into a book entitled Cults, Sects, and the New Age.
He first came to prominence in 1991 when he took part in an exorcism in Palm Beach, Florida, which was broadcast on the ABC television progam 20/20.
Father LeBar has performed about forty exorcisms. On people he has exorcised he has personally witnessed people who spoke in foreign tongues, the hatred and evil of the devil, and super strength.
When asked during an interview if he ever witnessed levitation during an exorcism he said, "I myself, have never seen a major levitation in the course of an exorcism. However, in one case in the preliminary investigation, I had a person who rose up above the pews of the church and was suspended there for a few minutes."
External links
- October 18, 2000 Interview (http://www.courttv.com/talk/chat_transcripts/101800exorcist.html)
- Exorcism: To Hell, and Back (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/42/story_4270_1.html)